Jesse Marseille
Copyright blog
1.What would be the best way to balance artistic freedom and innovation with the need to make money? You can focus on one industry (e.g. music) If there are rules, how should the rules be enforced?
I think that in the music industry, only exact replications i.e. using the original source in its entirety and unaltered, and only in a business context, should be illegal. Thousands of songs have the same or very similar chords progressions; what makes them unique is how certain elements of the music are played. Taking an original track and changing certain characteristics is no different than using the same chords of a song but changing the lyrics, which is not illegal. Admittedly, I think that adding a single different note to a song should not mean someone other than the maker can go make money off it, but the standard for what constitutes a new song should be pretty liberal. Perhaps it must pass a jury of the people who determine if it is a different peace of work if there is a legal dispute. I don’t think the standard for musicians should be the same as in the computer of auto industry in that work is protected militantly. Art should still be seen primarily as art, not business. It is meant to be shared and explored and enjoyed, not sued over. I think the quality of art deteriorates as its justification becomes purely monetary and there is nothing wrong with us as a nation deciding on an aesthetic sense (seeing that art has value in itself).
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